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Anchor lead: Keeping people with heart failure out of the hospital may not be a good choice, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with heart failure whose hospitals took measures to keep them from being readmitted died at higher rates than those …

December 4, 2017 – Avoiding the Hospital Read more »

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Anchor lead: A new report cites confusion about medical regimens as the biggest challenge to seniors, Elizabeth Tracey reports Older people with chronic illnesses really don’t understand why they’re being prescribed certain medications or being told to adopt certain behaviors, …

November 20, 2017 – Healthcare for Seniors Read more »

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Anchor lead: How aggressively should blood pressure be lowered during an operation in an older person? Elizabeth Tracey reports A person’s blood pressure before surgery should be a consideration in how low to go during surgery, a recent study asserts, …

November 16, 2017 – Surgery, Blood Pressure and Age Read more »

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Anchor lead: Can a lower thyroid hormone level actually be beneficial? Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people are diagnosed with inadequate thyroid hormone levels as they age, but now research by Jenna Mammen, an endocrinologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, is …

November 6, 2017 – Aging and Thyroid Read more »